Minotel Heimly
Travel Blogs from Flåm
Day nine - Flam
Up early for the 8:11 train from Oslo to Myrdal....the train climbs as the trip goes on...at 1200 metres above sea level (Finse), there is snow on the ground, we stop at a ski station..skiers get on and off....very desolate terrain...slowly we redescend to Myrdal (822 m above sea level). I then took the Flam railway down to Flam....beautiful views but unfortunately, the waterfalls were all very ...
Wow, Norway is beautiful
... with the small little fields on the side of the steep hills overlooking the town. This was to be our lunch break for the day, but my father and I had a task to do. We walked down to the tourist information shop, but learned it was closed. By luck we were led down to the Town Hall, which was located about 5 blocks away. When we located the person in charge of tourism and told her what we were doing, we were surprised to learn that she not only knew of ...
Whee-those Fjords are amazing!
... and they were all in sweaters and rain gear. The Norwigians apologize about the summer, esp when they hear we are from California. We comment on how beautiful the country is and that the weather is not keeping us from having a great time. Little do these people know how much summer we will have when we get home. After considering our options and checking our schedules, Kenny came up with a plan to leave earlier for our ferry ride throught the fjords and our arrival in ...
Flam
... jam, cheese, etc. This morning, we took our third (that's right) "rib safari" speedboat ride of the trip, around the fjords, and saw a porpoise and lots of goats! After the trip, we climbed back aboard the Flåmsbana and headed back to Bergen. We'll explore a little more tonight and cook dinner in our hostel, and start our two-day journey to Copenhagen in the ...
Ja endnu et folt sted.
Skibet ankom til Flåm som planlagt kl. 0800, og det var på det tidspunkt vi slog øjnene op og trak gardinerne fra, og som sædvanlig til en storslået udsigt.
Vi fik hevet os selv ud af dynerne, og gik op og fik lidt morgen mad, ikke at det var nødvendigt men et spejlæg lidt bacon og en grapefrugt, er jo meget godt.
Byen kaldt jo på os så hvorfor ikke gå ...